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Further discussion on federal funding concerns and advocacy efforts
1:38:08
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3 min
Council Member Dinowitz revisits the topic of potential federal funding cuts, particularly concerning the NIH grant. Dr. Green addresses these concerns and discusses the school's approach to advocacy and navigating potential challenges.
- Dr. Green acknowledges the ongoing concern about funding but emphasizes choosing not to operate from a fear-based perspective
- She stresses that the school will fight for the NIH grant, which they earned and consider foundational
- Dr. Green calls for support and advocacy from the City Council to help protect the school's funding and programs
Eric Dinowitz
1:38:08
I I I Makes sense.
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Yes.
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Thank you.
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I I I do wanna ask, again, going back to the funding question.
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Is there any fear or concern about funding being cut off from the federal government, including this grant from the, via the National Institute on Minority Health and Health Disparities?
1:38:29
Has there been any concern or discussion about that?
Carmen Renée Green
1:38:32
Well, there's concern.
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There's always concern.
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Right?
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And, I am choosing to not live in a fear based place.
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We will fight for this grant.
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We earned it.
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There is concerns about anything that talks about minority health.
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But we will There are people who are working through these issues, who will be advocating for us, and other organizations.
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This grant for us is foundational.
1:39:02
And so, we would ask you, because
Eric Dinowitz
1:39:09
Just the just the, the the reporters who are in elementary and middle school.
Carmen Renée Green
1:39:16
You gotta do better.
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You gotta get out more.
1:39:18
Anyway, yeah.
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You know, do you help us advocate for that?
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And we'll keep you apprised if we think that there are challenges coming.
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I'm going to say that I'm hopeful that we're, we become friends during this period of time.
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You know, but we're gonna need your advocacy.
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We take an oath, those people who are electives take an oath and it's both on behalf of people.
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And so, that's what I would say to you.
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We are, you know, we're watching this space very carefully and we'll continue to watch the space.
1:39:56
There's a point in time, as we get rid of the football, you're on offense or you're on defense.
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And sometimes when you're on defense, you're not going back.
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The other part about being on defense is that every once in a while you get a turnover.
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Just but you gotta be ready for it.
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And so, yeah.
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I come from a football family.
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But, yeah.
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That's that's how we're sort of looking at this.
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So we will be vigilant.
Eric Dinowitz
1:40:28
The first person to say phenotype twice, but not the last of the but not the first person to make a football reference, I think.
1:40:37
I'm not sure about that.
1:40:39
See, I apparently have no friends, so I don't watch football with anyone, I guess.
Carmen Renée Green
1:40:43
It's okay.
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There are other sports and there's other things ways to spend your time.
1:40:46
I just I learned very early, you know, my father played for the, semi professional football.
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And I've got family members who have Super Bowl rings.
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My my brother, my my beautiful Thaddeus, they've college elite college, football players.
Eric Dinowitz
1:41:03
Right.
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We
Carmen Renée Green
1:41:03
we come from being said, I learned very early in my life that if you didn't know football, you did dishes, and I don't do dishes.